From Mitch Stewart:
On Wednesday night, Senate leadership unveiled their final health reform package. It’s a great bill that accomplishes President Obama’s core goals for reform: provide more security for those who have insurance, guarantee affordable coverage options for those who don’t, and rein in the cost of care for American businesses and families.
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From the New York Times:
The Senate is expected to vote Saturday on whether to take up [health reform] legislation. The majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, refused to say Thursday whether he had the 60 votes needed to clear that procedural hurdle.
While the guts of the Senate and House bills are similar, [...]
Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled the Senate’s version of the health insurance reform legislation – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – this afternoon at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol.
The bill achieves President Obama’s three principles of reform: more security and stability for people who have insurance; more quality, affordable options [...]
From the New York Times:
Democratic leaders in the Senate on Wednesday unveiled their proposal for overhauling the health care system, outlining legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit.
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, said at an evening news conference that the legislation, embodying President [...]
The following is an open letter to Representative Gerlach asking him to reconsider his “No” vote on health insurance reform. A copy of this letter was also hand-delivered to his office.
Representative Gerlach:
On November 4, 2008 I was one of the majority of voters in Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District who voted for President Obama. Like [...]
Continuing her support for military families FLOTUS hosted military women at the White House on Wednesday. These are some of the women who broke barriers and endured hardships to protect our freedoms. The trailblazers included the first woman in the Navy to be promoted to Master Chief; the first woman in the Army Reserve to be [...]
Google has removed the racist image of First Lady Michelle Obama from their images search.
Google employee Jem left this comment in the Google Web Search help forum…
“If you recently used Google Images to search for the term [ Michelle Obama ], you may have seen results that were very disturbing. We assure you that the [...]
After stops in Japan, Singapore and China, and a final stop in South Korea today, President Obama is nearing the end of his first official trip to Asia.
Yesterday, President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao announced a far-reaching package of measures to strengthen cooperation between the United [...]
From the Washington Post:
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid scrambled Tuesday to lock down votes behind a health-care bill that he may present as early as Wednesday…
The leader was more outspoken in describing his measure, boasting to reporters: "Of all the bills we’ve seen, it’ll be the best: saves more money, is more protective of [...]
From David Plouffe:
After nearly 1,000 submissions, 20 amazing finalists, and more than 3 million views, we have the winner of the Organizing for America Health Reform Video Challenge.
The winning video shows that our supporters’ creativity and passion is more than a match for the slick ads and partisan spin doctors on the other side. [...]
